
BFI Flare
London LGBT Film Festival
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The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, one of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events in the LGBTQIA+ calendar, today reveals its full programme. BFI Flare will take place at BFI Southbank which, alongside packed screenings, will be buzzing with special events and DJ nights during the festival. Now in its 11th year, in partnership with the British Council, Five Films For Freedom presents five shorts selected from the festival line-up to audiences globally for the duration of the festival. Five Films For Freedom is promoted across the British Council’s global digital networks as well as on BFI Player for UK-wide audiences. BFI Flare is divided into three thematic programme strands: HEARTS, BODIES and MINDS and this year presents 34 World Premieres (across features and shorts) with 56 features, 1 series and 81 shorts from 41 countries. Tickets go on sale on 25 February for BFI Members and on general sale from 27 February via bfi.org.uk/flare.
Films A to Z
All films and works showing in the BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
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- 30s are (NOT) the new 20s, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- The 5 O’Clock Chime, in the shorts programme Brief Encounters
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- À Poings et À Cœurs, in the shorts programme Sporty Spice!
- After the Snowmelt
- Are You Fucking Kidding Me?!, in the shorts programme Karma’s a B*tch!
- Assembly
- The Astronaut Lovers
B
- Before I Do, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Ben in Bloom, in the shorts programme Let Trans Kids Bloom
- Birthdays, in the shorts programme Let Trans Kids Bloom
- Bisexual Crisis!!!, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- Black Fruit
- Blackout, in the shorts programme Queer and Now
- Blue Violet, in the shorts programme Between Worlds
- A Body to Live In
C
- Captains, in the shorts programme Sporty Spice!
- Cherub
- Children of God, in the shorts programme Queer Africa: New Visions
- Close the Eye to See, in the shorts programme Between Worlds
- COMME DES COWBOYS, in the shorts programme Sporty Spice!
D
- DEMONBOY, in the shorts programme Queer and Now
- Departures
- Die Bully Die, in the shorts programme Karma’s a B*tch!
- Don’t Talk to Strangers, in the shorts programme Karma’s a B*tch!
- Dragfox, in the shorts programme Let Trans Kids Bloom
- Dreams in Nightmares
- Drip Like Coffee
- Drive Back Home
E
- The Eating of an Orange, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Enigma
- Eyes to See, in the shorts programme Queer Africa: New Visions
F
- Farewell, Saranghae, Farewell, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
- Fatherhood
- A Few Feet Away
- Fish, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Four Mothers
G
- Gender Reveal, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- Girl-Boy, in the shorts programme Queer Africa: New Visions
H
- Heightened Scrutiny
- Here, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Hi Mom, It’s Me, Lou Lou, in the shorts programme Flame of My Resistance
- High Tide
- The Hold, in the shorts programme Between Worlds
- home, in the shorts programme Queer and Now
- Hopepunk, in the shorts programme Karma’s a B*tch!
- Hot Milk
- Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak, in the shorts programme For the Girls
- House Hunters, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
- How to Live
I
- I Saw the TV Glow
- I’m Your Venus
- If I Die, It’ll Be of Joy
- If I’m Here it is by Mystery, in the shorts programme For the Girls
- If This Were Purgatory, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- It’s the minimum reduction of the abyss, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
- iykyk (if you know you know), in the shorts programme For the Girls
J
- J is for Just an afternoon thunderstorm, in the shorts programme Brief Encounters
- Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
L
- Lakeview
- Lisbon, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Lovin’ Her, in the shorts programme For the Girls
- Lucky, Apartment
M
- Manok
- Marleen, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- Matèl, in the shorts programme Brief Encounters
- Mea Culpa
- Memorabilia
- A Mother Apart
- The Muleteer
N
- Next Door, in the shorts programme Between Worlds
- A Night Like This
- Night Stage
- NO!!!, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
O
- Onda Nova
- The Orange at the Seder, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- Outerlands
P
- Park Life, in the shorts programme Brief Encounters
- Peaches Goes Bananas
- Perfect Boy Next Door, in the shorts programme Karma’s a B*tch!
- Pietra, in the shorts programme For the Girls
- PINK, in the shorts programme Queer and Now
- A Place to Belong, in the shorts programme For the Girls
- Please Carry On, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
- The Pleasure Is Mine
- Ponyboi
- Power Alley
Q
- Queens of Drama
- Queer
- Quickie, in the shorts programme Brief Encounters
R
- Really Happy Someday
- Rent Free
- Ripe!, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- Ripples, in the shorts programme Queer and Now
S
- Sad Jokes
- Sally!
- Sandbag Dam
- The Sap (Under Our Tongues), in the shorts programme Flame of My Resistance
- Shall We Meet Tonight, in the shorts programme Queer Africa: New Visions
- Shoobs, in the shorts programme I Like Who I Like
- The Silence of My Hands
- Solers United, in the shorts programme Sporty Spice!
- Some Kind of Paradise, in the shorts programme Brief Encounters
- Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
- Soviet Fantasia, in the shorts programme Day Dreamers
- Stay Still or I Love You, in the shorts programme Queer and Now
- Stephen, in the shorts programme Karma’s a B*tch!
- Strawberry Shortcake, in the shorts programme Between Worlds
- Summer’s Camera
T
- Teth, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Threaded, in the shorts programme Flame of My Resistance
- To Our Friends
- Trans Memoria
- Truth or Dare
- Two Black Boys in Paradise, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
V
W
- Wait, Wait, Now!, in the shorts programme Let Trans Kids Bloom
- We Are Faheem & Karun
- We’ll Go Down in History, in the shorts programme Sporty Spice!
- The Wedding Banquet
- Where You Find Me
- White Glass Globe, in the shorts programme Flame of My Resistance
- Wild Oats, in the shorts programme To Your Souls: Shorts from the UK & Ireland
- Will & Harper
- Winter Kept Us Warm
- The World According to Allee Willis
- Wrong Bathroom, in the shorts programme Let Trans Kids Bloom
Y
- Yellow Is the Color of Happiness, in the shorts programme Flame of My Resistance
- Your Love Is Burning, in the shorts programme Flame of My Resistance
Z
- Zari, in the shorts programme Let Trans Kids Bloom